tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80224121933620333982024-03-14T02:17:31.902-04:00KIP Manufacturer of Wide Format Printers Plotters and Scanners, including the Worlds 1st and Fastest Large Format Color LED copier printerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-69944921840473681862012-06-14T14:38:00.001-04:002012-06-14T15:09:47.821-04:00KIP CLOUD PRINTING<br />
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mobile. Print in the Cloud</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Printing wide format documents while on the go can be a
major hassle. Some solutions require that you sign up at their web site and
register every single printer, or the “Mobile” functionality is only available,
if you are actually on the local network connected “Wirelessly” KIP Cloud
Printing offers a truly hassle-free printing experience, from any smartphone, laptop
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With KIP Cloud Printing, you can print from anywhere, at
anytime, and from any mobile device, all you need is access to the internet. There
is NO requirement to be connected to your company Wi Fi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ability to produce large prints using nothing more
than an email with attachments </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and a few key words helps keeps you on the go and more productive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KIP Cloud Printing is a flexible new approach to
delivering print services — one that better responds to mobile business needs
by providing a driverless cloud printing solution. Whether you are using an iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac,
Smartphone, Laptop, or Tablet. Printing to the Cloud with KIP Cloud Print is just
as easy as printing from a PC and yet it still occurs within your company’s existing
secure IT infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KIP Cloud Printing makes use of the same IT security infrastructure,
which allows you to send and receive your email on the go!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Printing from anywhere to your KIP plotter provides more options
for busy professionals, now making a change, is as easy as making an annotation,
and sending to it your Web enabled KIP plotter. Additionally, co-workers in the
office can utilize KIP Cloud Scanning to send marked up documents for review,
directly to you, no matter where you are! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Advantages of KIP Cloud Printing:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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printing and retrieval<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No need to install drivers or software
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No learning curve, no training<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Submit print ready files via Email
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>KIP Cloud Printing - Value and Convenience
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KIP Cloud Printing is easy and convenient. Users can print
anytime, anywhere from their hand held device without installing print drivers.
Think of the advantages provided to the worker who needs to print at different locations
, whether it is locally on the job site, or across country to the corporate office<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bitly.com/DownloadKIPCloudPrint" target="_blank">Download KIP Cloud Print Web Apps</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-3977994168420885142012-02-07T14:36:00.000-05:002012-02-07T14:36:19.050-05:00KIP C7800 Is Live on the Web<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Full details of the Brand NEW KIP C7800 High Production Black & White AND Color Printer is now available from the following Websites:</span></div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-22034349896135477102011-08-19T09:54:00.000-04:002011-08-19T09:54:54.166-04:00PDF QUICKTIPS FOR KIP SYSTEMS<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><i><span style="color: #d3232a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PDF Printing </span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><i><span style="color: #d3232a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The sheer volume of PDF files has allowed many vendors other than Adobe to create PDF creation applications.<span> </span>Over the years, Adobe has updated the functionality of not only the Adobe</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;">® </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Reader</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;">®</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, but the PDF file format itself.<span> </span>Files have become quite complex with text, drawings, 3D data, markups and file security. Unfortunately, until most recently, there was not a set standard of PDF file generation, thus leading to a myriad of file printing and viewing issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Users report that a file views properly in Adobe</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;">® </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Reader</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;">®</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, while printing the same document produces unwanted and unexpected output.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Understanding issues relating to PDF file generation and how to solve these issues will help ensure that the PDF files that are printed on your KIP printer are the best possible quality.<span> </span>The most important piece of information to remember is that PDF files are not all created equally.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Identifying Common PDF Issues<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #17458d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #17458d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Transparencies are the most common issues affecting PDF file reproduction.<span> </span>Transparency or ‘merge type’ controls what layer or entities are shown on the final output image.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">PDF version 1.4 was the first version of PDF that supported transparencies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Transparencies are complex but are easy to notice when printing issues arise.<span> </span>Issues with transparencies can be shown as missing data, solid black data, grids with thin white lines just to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">When printing in color, it is possible to have an RGB image that is slightly translucent on top of a CMYK background.<span> </span>This will show as a “color shift”.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">These actions lead to the addition of transparencies to layouts:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: top;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Making an object transparent in a lay-out or design application.<o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Adding drop shadows to objects.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">According to Adobe, Flattening divides transparent artwork into vector-based areas and rasterized areas.<span> </span>As artwork becomes more complex (mixing images, vectors, type, spot colors, overprinting, and so on), so does the flattening and its results.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This flattening process is handled at the KIP controller using pscript.exe.<span> </span>Pscript.exe is a command tool that converts PDF/PS documents into a file format that recognized by the print engine.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">When flattening occurs, a noticeable delay of output may be observed.<span> </span>This is typical amongst all RIP engines on the market today.<span> </span>Printing directly from Adobe’s Acrobat software, there is a dialog box present where the flattening process is occurring and is visible to the end user.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sometimes, flattening is not performed correctly due to the complexity of the transparencies within a document; an unusable, printed document may be the result.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Within KIP PrintNET, it is possible to enable or disable the flattening process by using the ‘No Transparency’ option.<span> </span>In order to set, it is necessary to log into PrintNET using the ‘admin’ account and then accessing ‘Printer Config’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype
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o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Selecting ‘No Transparency’ (set as default) ignores the flattening process.<span> </span>Unchecking ‘No Transparency’ enables the flattening process which may lengthen the time of the conversion process.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BctjU2rDWFA/Tk5cnEqAEnI/AAAAAAAAASw/cL7HzGOXb14/s1600/PrintNetPDF1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="107" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BctjU2rDWFA/Tk5cnEqAEnI/AAAAAAAAASw/cL7HzGOXb14/s400/PrintNetPDF1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #17458d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fonts<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #17458d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Missing or incorrect fonts on the printed page is a result of ‘font embedding’.<span> </span>Embedding fonts is a process where the application responsible for generating the original PDF embeds or includes the font in the PDF file.<span> </span>This font is then transported along with the PDF and will print faithfully even without the font being present on the printer controller.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It is possible to upload fonts to the KIP controller using PrintNET’s Printer Config menu.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Log into KIP PrintNET as ‘admin’, enter ‘Printer Config’ and select Upload Font.<span> </span>Browse for the font to be installed and click Open.<span> </span>No further action is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:286.5pt;
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o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KXY9ATCsSds/Tk5cyJiNgGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/Q8YVhVFEhYM/s1600/PrintNetFonts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="74" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KXY9ATCsSds/Tk5cyJiNgGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/Q8YVhVFEhYM/s320/PrintNetFonts.png" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Select ‘IPS Installed Fonts’ to view fonts currently installed at the KIP printer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #17458d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Colors and Line Weights<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #17458d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Most engineering and architectural drawings are created in color, even though they may be printed in black and white. It might be something as simple as color lines or a company logo.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There can be issues when colors are converted to grayscale. For example, the color yellow might be very visible on a monitor but will become a very faint gray when printed in black and white. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Line weights may become an issue depending on what printer the document is printed.<span> </span>Documents with very thin or faint lines may not reproduce properly on monochrome LED printers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Again, it is possible to set a minimum entity size that controls overall line thickness as well as set a dither pattern within KIP PrintNET.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Log into KIP PrintNET as ‘admin’, enter ‘Printer Config’ and select the appropriate dither pattern and Minimum Feature Size.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5"
o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:363.75pt;height:89.25pt;
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o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wi-TygVJhdM/Tk5c7H404cI/AAAAAAAAAS4/STkXBp6jQK0/s1600/PrintNetPDF2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wi-TygVJhdM/Tk5c7H404cI/AAAAAAAAAS4/STkXBp6jQK0/s400/PrintNetPDF2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PDF Printing Methods<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now that we may understand some of the common PDF issues, it is also important to know about the different ways a PDF file can be printed as this can affect the final printed output as well. There are two methods that can be used to print PDF files. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The first is the </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Application/Printer Driver</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> method. As its name implies, the Application/Printer Driver method requires two pieces of software in order to print a PDF file. The Application is software that can open and view the PDF file (e.g. Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader). The Printer Driver is software used by the application to convert its documents into a format that can be printed. Both the application and a printer driver are required to print the document. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The second method is called </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Direct PDF Printing</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">. This method uses an application to submit PDF files directly to the printer. The PDF file is converted in the printer using a PostScript</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;">® </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">interpreter or processor. No printer driver is required. <b>(Note that not all printers support this method.)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Knowing the advantages and disadvantages of each method can aid in getting troublesome PDF files to print properly.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Application/Printer Driver<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Adobe’s Acrobat is currently considered the ‘standard-bearer’ when it comes to PDF file accuracy.<span> </span>For that reason, if a PDF file opens and views properly within Acrobat, it therefore is a reasonable assumption that the file to be printed will be accurate.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">When using an application such as Adobe’s Acrobat, the application itself is responsible for the flattening, font creation and general output of the printed image.<span> </span>Typically the image from within Adobe is ‘passed through’ the printer driver and delivered as a postscript file to the printer conversion software.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Beginning with the KIP Windows printer driver version 5.13 configured with KIPScript output mode, the PC application is responsible for “drawing” the image to be presented to the printer driver.<span> </span>The printer driver’s responsibility is to connect to the printer port and pass the data to the printer controller as a postscript file.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The disadvantage to this method is there is no easy way to handle batch printing of multiple PDF files. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Direct PDF Printing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Direct printing of PDF files via <b>KIP Request</b> and <b>KIP PrintNET</b> or from the<b> KIP Touch Screen</b> allows a user to quickly output a batch set of PDF images.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The major advantage to the direct PDF printing method is its ability to batch print multiple PDF files in one job. However, there are certain warnings to be aware of when using this method.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There are many software and printer companies that have written their own interpreters to emulate Adobe PostScript software.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Some are better than others. But, even when using true Adobe PostScript 3™ software, there is no guarantee that all PDF files will print correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Since Adobe PostScript 3 software can only process specific versions of PDF files submitted using the direct PDF printing method. Not all PDF files are supported, or can be expected to process correctly. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Keep in mind that of all the third party software applications on the market that create PDF files some applications generate PDF files that print without problems - some do not! Some PDF creators even make different types of PDF depending on the content in the drawing. As you can see, there are many different types and versions of PDF files that you may encounter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Remember: not all PDF files are created equal!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">One of the easiest ways to avoid a large majority of PDF printing problems is to use the PDF/X standard. PDF files can be easily created in or converted to the PDF/X standard using Adobe Acrobat software (and many third party applications).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The PDF/X standard is supported by KIP software and most third party processing software when using the direct PDF printing method. PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 are two versions of this standard. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The PDF/X standard requires that all fonts be embedded, appropriate PDF bounding boxes be specified, color be correctly defined and it eliminates transparency issues. Using PDF/X eliminates the most common errors in file preparation: missing fonts, color space issues, missing images, page box problems, and overprinting and trapping issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The PDF/X standard doesn’t support transparency. So, the flattening is done when the PDF/X file is created. The result is that the PDF/X file generally processes more quickly than PDF files that contain transparency. It properly defines all page box settings. And because PDF/X encapsulates all the required page elements, such files generally have less printing issues. The one disadvantage is the file size can sometimes be larger than other PDF versions. When problems occur during the printing of a PDF file, the first course of action should be to convert it to PDF/X-3.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Standardizing on PDF/X may provide more consistent and reliable output with your printer or software.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Conclusion<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: #ef2f4f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As more and more firms, make the move to PDF because of the ease of sharing, viewing, print, and archiving of this type of file, the use of PDF files increase, as will the demand for plotting them on wide-format plotters and printers. As already stated all PDF files are not created equally. Many different variables involved can have a negative effect on printing. Some of these include missing fonts, missing images, and color space issues. Understanding the issues presented in this paper is a good first step.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: OceGaramond, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ENERGY STAR products can potentially assist your company in achieving LEED points. While there are no LEED designated points directly focusing on wide format printing equipment, there are areas where KIP wide format can contribute to customers achieving points. For example, if you are is working toward LEED for Existing Building and New Construction, having ENERGY STAR compliant equipment may assist you in obtaining LEED points.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Purchasing wide format equipment that is ENERGY STAR compliant can also save your company in electricity costs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KIP is a partner of EPA-USA ENERGY STAR® for energy-efficient ICT products. ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KIP products are Energy star qualified, and comply with the latest ENERGY STAR specifications that became effective on 1 July 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">KIP products can be found on the Energystar.gov website by following the instructions below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-62659346930489015242011-06-14T12:22:00.000-04:002011-06-14T12:22:33.284-04:00The First in a New Series of KIP Product Videos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/EPQnKFdrD60?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/H80tOJ8_Aaw/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H80tOJ8_Aaw&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H80tOJ8_Aaw&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/w22WazBnrbw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-5088380189125280892011-05-20T14:39:00.000-04:002011-05-20T14:39:07.305-04:00Key factors to consider when buying a wide format printer – Finale<h1 style="line-height: 13.4pt; margin-bottom: 4.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Choosing a wide format printer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As previously discussed,the type of printing you need , (color, monochrome etc),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will influence your decision, make sure you have a clear understanding of what type of printing you'll be doing and what your monthly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>print volume is expected to be . <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Time for a metaphor:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Corvette might look really cool, and you definitely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WANT</b> it, but that what you probably <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NEED</b>, is the MiniVan, not as cool, but infinitely more practical, and in the end will cost you less to run, and is much more efficient. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You probably already have an inkjet device, (you know, the one that is too slow, but it is paid for), that you could pair with one of the monochrome LED systems that allows you to integrate your color inkjet device into their system, allowing you to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Copy</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Scan</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Print</b> to your (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">paid for</i>) inkjet, from their interface, and giving you the best of both worlds<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And speaking of the interface, make sure that you go and see a demonstration of all of the solutions you’re interested in. Do not allow anyone to convince that there <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is no need to go look at the competition. There is always a need to look at all of the options . An educated decision is a good decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When you go for a demonstration, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>make sure you take sample files of the kind of work that you will be doing. (and I do mean <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“take with you”</b>), also take <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">your</b> files, not files given to you by someone with a vested interest. Make your choice based on the things that matter to you, not the vendor. You and your users, have to be comfortable with the software interface, the loading and operation of the machine, the cost of operation etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">While I am on the subject of software, look very carefully at any software that “comes with” the machine. Make sure that you are not paying a recurring monthly maintenance fee for software, (I am talking about Job/file submission software here).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accounting software is a little different, depending on the level of acounting or tracking you need. All LED manufacturers can provide you account/tracking software, all but one charges for it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h1 style="line-height: 13.4pt; margin-bottom: 4.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Choosing a dealer<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The dealer you choose can have a big impact on your overall satisfaction with your wide-format printer: service and support are the most important considerations. Whether you need a service technician to come out and repair a mechanical problem, or just have a question you need answered, the support offered by your dealership is critical.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Evaluating support can be difficult, but there are a few important steps you can take. When you visit the dealership, ask to tour the service department to get a sense for the size of their operation. Find out what avenues of support they offer: telephone or email-based help, online knowledgebases, discussion forums, etc. Also, inquire about their hours if you anticipate late-night printing sessions.</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Many large-format printer dealers carry lines from multiple manufacturers, allowing you to compare print quality from different brands for yourself. If you do that make sure that get samples from multiple dealers, this allows you to compare output quality without bias.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Size isn't always the best indication of dealer quality, however longevity may be. Small companies that have been around for a long time are likely to be just as dependable as larger companies. Smaller dealers may also offer a more personal touch, while larger dealers may have more of a selection, but these differences aren't critical.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You should look for a dealership that does a steady business in wide-format printers. Many dealers that focus on copiers, scanners, and standard-sized printers also carry a small selection of wide-format printers. Understandably, these dealers' expertise tends to center on the types of equipment they sell most often. You're better off with a dealer who's very familiar with wide-format printers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><h1 style="line-height: 13.4pt; margin-bottom: 4.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Equipment Pricing <o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Pricing for wide-format printers and plotters can span a huge range. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Low-end wide-format printers, (less than 2 D size sheets per minute), start at less than $2,000 for small inkjet devices, and go up from there. A midrange 36" inkjet printer, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>( 2>3 D size prints per minute), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can range from $4,000 - $9,000 , and $9,000 - $19,000 for a toner based LED printer. (4 D size prints per minute)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A quick note on printer speeds</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Inkjet speeds are always quoted at the fastest speed/lowest quality. More often than not, in order to get acceptable quality in the real world, means slowing the inkjet down below the stated speed. Whereas, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LED (Toner), printers always print at stated speed regardless of image density etc.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The mid volume range of LED printers, which can range in speed from 6 D size prints per minute up to 14 D size prints per minute, cost between $19,000 and $50,000, depending on the manufacturer and model<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Production-class printers, which have a print capability of 18 to 22 D size prints per minute, range in price from <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$50,000 to $200,000 again depending on the manufacturer and model. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">These machines are designed for much higher volumes of printing (hundreds of thousands of square feet per month) with speeds to match. These machines are only needed by specialized print for pay shops or the larger CAD shops.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You may be tempted to look at used wide-format printers, and you may be able to get a good deal. However, a wide-format printer's operational life is generally fairly short - they get outdated by improving technology within 3 to 5 years - so it's usually not worth buying used. <o:p></o:p></span></div><h3 style="line-height: 15.45pt; margin-bottom: 6.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.1pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Maintenance and service agreements<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Like copiers, LED printers require regular maintenance: cleaning, inspection, and replacing of worn parts. Keeping your printer well maintained is the best way to ensure quality of the prints and prolong its useful life. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Maintenance agreements for wide format LED printers are generally <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>priced on a per square foot printed per month. If you're new to wide-format printing, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or if you'll depend on the printer for day-to-day production, we strongly recommend that you purchase the maintenance agreement. Make sure the agreement covers on-site labor, and see if guaranteed response times are included. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-42998127412298527862011-04-22T13:40:00.003-04:002011-04-22T15:03:47.826-04:00Key factors to consider when buying a wide format printer – Part 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Color vs. black & white<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> If you primarily work in the design side of the business, i.e Architect, you probably need to print the majority of your plans in color, and a color printer is most likely the best choice. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">However, if you print a combination of black & white and color such as might occur in the Construction / Contractors office, where the majority of the drawings printed are in black and white, with a much smaller percentage, needed in color, (a good rule of thumb is the old 80/20), then you will be more efficient and more cost effective if you use a low volume LED printer with the ability to interface with a color inkjet as required. Allowing you to print productively in monochrome to the LED , and when circumstances dictate, print to the color inkjet, only printing on the higher cost device when absolutely necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Color printers typically use inkjet technology. Modern inkjet printers utilize both a printhead and a ink cartridge, which are considered consumables. Because there is generally no way to know when either one of these consumables will run out or expire, it is good to have a spare set of both on the shelf, just in case. Of course the big issue with that scenario is that there are at least 4 Colors,(sometimes six or eight), and you will need both a printhead and a ink cartridge, and that can run into the hundreds of dollars, sitting on the shelf.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Low volume monochrome solutions today offer a tremendous amount of flexibility and capability when it comes to interfacing with third party color inkjet printers. The most basic systems allow you to configure the color scanner on the LED printer to copy to the color inkjet. This is accomplished in one of two ways:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 1. The user scans directly to the print controller on the inkjet, allowing the inkjet to process the data exactly as it recieves it, with no way to change output options. Additionally, the sender of the print has no way of knowing if the correct paper is loaded, or if there is enough ink to complete the job.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. The monochrome device is in constant communication with the inkjet device, allowing the user to see on the LED printer interface, the consumables status on the inkjet, paper, ink levels etc. Error messages or service conditions can even be seen from the interface of the black and white machine. In addition to the communication capabilities, the job configuration functionality provided on the LED device, can be used to configure a job to be printed on the inkjet in color, i.e multiple copies, reduced to 50%<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FlhokTspp5E/TbG9dzUQEdI/AAAAAAAAANk/mtrCV2LkE60/s1600/700m+configuration+diagram.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FlhokTspp5E/TbG9dzUQEdI/AAAAAAAAANk/mtrCV2LkE60/s400/700m+configuration+diagram.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A number of LED monochrome solutions today will interface with most, if not all existing inkjet installations out in the field today, so it is entirely posssible that other than the cost of the LED printer, you could not only dramatically improve your productivity, but also lower your cost of operation, while at the same time print what you need in color.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sounds like a Win! Win! <o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-85243241594417027192011-04-22T09:43:00.001-04:002011-04-22T09:54:04.092-04:00See The Power of the KIP Color 80 with SAi Flexi 10 @ ISA<div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 606px;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="position: relative; z-index: 1;"><span style="height: 124px; left: 39px; position: absolute; top: -21px; width: 124px;"><map name="MicrosoftOfficeMap0"><area coords="62, 62, 62" href="https://app.umailemail.com/umbin/redirect.cgi?208.632.80,http://www.saintl.biz" shape="Circle" title="SA International"></area></map></span></span><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">SA International and KIP America Partner </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">for ISA International Sign Expo</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></strong></span></b></div><div class="style3"><span class="style41"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Salt Lake City, UT — April 19, 2011 </span></b></span><span class="style41"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">— SA International (SAi) announces a </span></span><br />
<span class="style41"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">partnership with KIP America to create a printer driver in SAi’s Flexi 10 for the</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">KIP</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> Color 80 printer.</span><br />
<o:p></o:p></div><div class="style5">KIP is a leading provider of wide format digital solutions for the architectural,<br />
engineering, manufacturing and sign industries. The KIP Color 80, which is a<br />
high-production toner-based color printer that outputs up to 2,000 sq. ft. per<br />
hour, delivers high quality prints with incredible speed. Visit KIP America’s<br />
<b>booth number 2308 </b>to see Flexi 10 software design, RIP and print jobs to the<br />
KIP Color 80. For further information about how you can run Flexi 10 with your<br />
KIP Color 80, visit by<b> SAi’s booth 4335</b>.</div><div class="style5"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="style5">“KIP’s products are highly innovative and are the perfect complement to our<br />
Flexi Family of print and design solutions,” states Don Feagan, President & COO.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="style5">“KIP recognizes SA International as an industry leader in sign making software<br />
and we are excited to partner with them for our groundbreaking KIP Color 80<br />
printer,” states Sonny Odom, VP of Sales for KIP America.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="style5"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">About SA International:<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SAi is recognized as a global leader in providing complete, professional solutions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">for the sign making, digital printing and CAD/CAM for CNC machining industries. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Company’s solutions help turn creative ideas into reality by providing world–class</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">design and editing tools geared for production. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SAi has additional offices in Belgium, Brazil and China.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="style5"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">About KIP America:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">KIP is the modern leading innovator in monochrome & color wide format printing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and image capture technology. In addition, KIP is a major provider of wide format digital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">solutions for architectural, engineering and manufacturing industries – solutions that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">deliver efficient, dependable and consistently high quality performance.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For additional information:<br />
United States and Canada call: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">800.229.9066<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">United States and Canada fax:</span></strong> 801.401.7234<br />
<b>Europe call: </b>+32.2.725.5295<br />
<b>Latin America call: </b>+787.790.6526<br />
<b>All other regions call: </b>801.478.1900<br />
<b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.saintl.biz/">www.SAintl.biz</a></span><o:p></o:p></td> </tr>
</tbody></table></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-27876622279913945582011-03-15T11:00:00.002-04:002011-03-16T08:19:23.954-04:00Key factors to consider when buying a wide format printer – Part 2<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Ease of Use</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here is a question for you. Who taught you how to get money out of the ATM at the bank?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The answer for most everybody is “No one”, you just figured it out. The interface & directions on the screen led you to make the right logical choices for your particular transaction. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Well, that is the direction that a number of wide format printers have gone recently. While it was KIP who led the way about 5 years ago, since then other companies have followed suit, (Xerox, Ricoh). By putting an intuative touchscreen interface onto their multifunction printer,copier scanners, manufacturers have removed the need for specialist or key operators. Allowing anyone with a need to easily make a wide format scan or copy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to the touchscreen functionality, most wide format printer manufacturers have been adding the ability to print directly from a USB drive or device at the printers touchscreen. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This accommodates walk-up printing at the printer,however, the ability to preview the files before printing, and build a collated set of prints for multiple sets, or printed in set order, it is still limited to only a couple of manufacturers at the time of this posting. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Software/Utilities<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">All manufactures offer a range productivity tools, with a broad range of features. If you need specific functionality make sure that you understand what, if any, additional cost those features will add to the purchase of the equipment. The price for some features or functions can be quite substantial, especially if that feature/function comes with a recurring monthly maintenance cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KbumF4JUfUM/TX9-s8TuxtI/AAAAAAAAAMk/F5cFGV8Is6E/s1600/Software_2010_logo_WORKSHEET+with+subtitles.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KbumF4JUfUM/TX9-s8TuxtI/AAAAAAAAAMk/F5cFGV8Is6E/s200/Software_2010_logo_WORKSHEET+with+subtitles.png" width="190" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The next generation of convenience printing to wide format printers is the addition of Cloud Printing and Scanning.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Most require registration with a 3<sup>rd</sup> party website, which then allows you to “print ” to the website from selected web connected devices ,and or applications, the website then provides a file processing service, converting your file into a print ready file, before passing the file to your printer for output. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Currently these Cloud print service websites are been offered free. This type service is useful for those who do not have any concerns about document security or privacy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The newest cloud print functionality is one that enables the printer itself to receive print jobs from any web-connected device directly. Eliminating the need to register with 3<sup>rd</sup> party websites, leaving the security of the printing infrastructure to the owner of the printer, and the processing of the file to the printers controller, which is optimized to process the complex data that often makes up wide format print files.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-23642677347495336902011-03-04T16:07:00.001-05:002011-03-15T09:14:56.189-04:00Key factors to consider when buying a wide format technical printer – Part 1<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><b>Printer types</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monochrome wide format printers generally come in one of three configurations: printer only, printer copier, or multi-function. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Printer only</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> configurations are just that, they print digital files submitted from a user’s desktop, or in the case of Web enabled printers, from a Web connected device, (Smartphone, Tablet etc), or they can print from the printer’s interface. This can include, (not all manufacturers support this), browsing to network folders, USB, or FTP locations to build a job directly on the printers interface.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some printers also have scanners built into them, (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Printer/Copier</b>), allowing you to print from the network, make copies, but not scan to file.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Speeds</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluating a printer just by the numbers, (feeds & speeds), is potentially decieving. Most printers in the same class will have almost identical speed specifications; however, their productivity may vary substantially. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What affects this most often is the ability of the print controller to process the file data, quickly, and accurately. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Most wide format printers only process one (1) file ahead, (processing 1 file , while printing another), this means there could be a delay while the controller processes large amounts of data, slowing the output of the printer, or creating an “Intercopy Gap”. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">More advanced wide format printers use a process called pull ahead processing, this allows the controller to keep processing files until there are no more to convert. Pull ahead processing minimizes the intercopy gap, allowing the print engine to maintain rated print speed, and to complete the print job quicker.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Most wide format monochrome printers are rated to print a designated number of D-sized drawings (24" x 36") per minute (ppm).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Black & white printers will range from 3 ppm in the low-volume segment, 6–9 ppm in the mid-volume segment and 13–22 ppm in the high-volume segment. These speeds represent the physical output speed of the engine. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The toner image is fixed to the paper using either a heat and pressure mechanism (Hot Roll Fuser) or a radiant fusing technology (Oven Fuser) to melt the toner particles onto the paper being printed on</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been suggested by some wide format manufacturers that there are energy benefits to be gained by using one fusing method over another. However, all printers regardless of technology use about the same amount of power when printing, and all manufacturers employ comprehensive energy management tools, to the extent that the real difference is negligble. (pennies a month, not dollars).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The standard for energy management is the Energy Star rating, which all machines you consider should be Energy Star qualified<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. (More on this in a later post)<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-57965092077294959502011-02-28T08:48:00.000-05:002011-02-28T08:48:29.082-05:00New Wide Format Printer in your Future?<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">If so, which printer is right for you?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are planning to purchase a wide format printer sometime in the future then this next series of blog postings are going to be for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting the kind of things that you should be looking at when considering a Wide Format Printer, (we don’t really call them Plotters anymore, but you can if you want), we will also attempt to dispel some of the myths about the different types of technology and what the truth really is.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Some of the key things to look for include:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• Printer types<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• Speeds<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• Color vs. black & white<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">•</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Print technology and print sizes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• Scanners<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• ENERGY STAR</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt;">® </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Certification</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">•Which technology best suits your business<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>K</b></span><b>IP is very excited to announce that the KIP 9900 high-speed, high quality production printer and the KIP 2300 Scanner, the fastest wide format scanner on the market today, have both been nominated for the 2011 Wide Format Imaging Top Products Awards in the following catergories:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Output Devices: </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Engineering Printer (24-95 inches)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>KIP 9900 from KIP America<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Output Devices: </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MFP (24-95 inches)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>KIP 2300 from KIP America<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>In today's competitive business climate, customers have three objectives when acquiring a high volume large format multifunction system<span class="apple-style-span">, <i>Exceptional Quality</i>, <i>Incredible Cost of Operation</i>, and <i>Superior Productivity</i>. The KIP 9900 Printer is</span> the only High-Volume large format printer available today that meets all <span class="apple-style-span">these requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The KIP 2300 scanner features an advanced data transfer called KIP Tru•Speed, which offers both high speed and high-resolution imaging at the same time. The technology used in KIP Tru•Speed provides an image transfer rate of 2.3GB per second, ensuring high productivity for the most complex full color documents. Originals are imaged at MAXIMUM SPEED with NO scanning slow downs or pauses.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>From January 3 through March 4, 2011, you, our valued KIP customers, have the opportunity to vote for the products that have caused the most excitement in the industry , and have been a valuable asset to wide-format print service provider's and businesses over the last year. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The nominated products were submitted from October 15 - December 15, 2010 and then supplemented by products received by the magazine in 2010.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b> Winners will be announced at the ISA show in Las Vegas. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We ask that you click on this link (</span><a href="http://2011topproducts.questionpro.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">http://2011topproducts.questionpro.com</span></a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>) to to vote. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-70022901440472965602011-01-27T11:50:00.001-05:002011-01-27T11:51:24.306-05:00KIP Introduces Cloud Printing via E-mail<h1></h1><h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 36px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt;">KIP Web Apps-</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;">There’s an app for that! <o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><div><div class="Pa3" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The new KIP Web Apps Suite offers a flexible new approach to delivering print services — one that better responds to mobile business needs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">KIP is ready for the Cloud with the introduction of KIP Web Apps, which a free upgrade to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">Kips</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">’ 7 Series line of Wide Format multifunction printers, which includes the KIP 700, 7100, 7700,7900 & 9900. These KIP printers are now capable of getting their very own email address. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Using this system will allow end users to print to Web App enabled KIP printers, from anywhere in the world, and is accomplished utilizing any device that you use to connect to the Internet. This includes</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="klink"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%;">workstations,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="klink"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">netbooks</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 150%;">, tablets, smart phones, and just about any device that can send email. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">KIP Web App enabled printers frees end users from ever having to load printer drivers before they can print. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8022412193362033398&postID=7002290144047296560" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">This is the first email to print solution that is specifically designed for the AEC industry, (Architects, Engineers, Construction), who traditionally produce wide format documents on a daily basis.</span><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> The disadvantage for other email to print solutions is that it can only be set up by registering through 3<sup>rd</sup> party websites, which presents potential security concerns. With KIP Web Apps information security is controlled by the end users own IT personnel, with no opportunity for company information to be accidently captured and stored. </span><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The print-through-the Internet feature lets you simply e-mail one file or multiple print ready files to the KIP Web App enabled printer. </span></span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: #323232; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><b>One Platform: One Login: Everything You Need</b></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-27776763418605916222011-01-14T09:38:00.000-05:002011-01-14T09:38:16.401-05:00KIP & the Windows Device Experience<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Windows 7 & the New KIP Windows 7 certified driver introduces a collection of new features to improve how KIP users discover and use their devices that are available to them. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Devices and Printers makes it easy for KIP users to view and use the KIP multifunction printers that are connected to their computer. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Users can open Devices and Printers in two ways: through Control Panel or by clicking the Start button.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The Windows Device Experience is installed when a PC connects to the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Windows 7 itemizes the installed KIP devices and checks with Microsoft servers if a Device Experience exists for a particular device.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If one exists, then it will be installed automatically; no user intervention is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Once installed, a user is presented with a friendly icon depicting their installed hardware.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Double-clicking on the graphic will load the Windows Device Experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/TTBfjJtUQeI/AAAAAAAAALM/tP5or09SaAo/s1600/Device+Experience.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="363" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/TTBfjJtUQeI/AAAAAAAAALM/tP5or09SaAo/s400/Device+Experience.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-5791732011933895372010-12-17T09:29:00.000-05:002010-12-17T09:29:38.812-05:00Time is Running Out!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Section 179 Use it or lose it!! Get your very own stimulus package!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it is time to decide on whether to bring on new equipment to add more capacity or put some of our old equipment out to pasture. Under Section 179, businesses can deduct the entire purchase price of their printing equipment from their gross income. What's more, leasing of printing equipment offers an additional benefit. Section179.org writes, “The obvious advantage to leasing or financing equipment and then taking the Section 179 Deduction is the fact that you can deduct the full amount of the equipment, without paying the full amount this year. The amount you save in taxes can actually exceed the payments, making this a very bottom-line friendly deduction."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <strong>'Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010'</strong> increases the amount a taxpayer can write-off up to $500,000 in equipment purchases and you can still get a benefit with writing off up to 50% first year depreciation if you are over. This is a way to use your money effectively to give yourself your own stimulus package. </span><br />
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</tbody></table>Go here for more information on Section 179 – <a href="http://www.section179.org/">http://www.section179.org/</a><br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-70839879693191483192010-12-10T08:37:00.002-05:002010-12-10T08:43:45.632-05:00KIP Updates website with New Look and New Name<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23pt; line-height: 115%;">Introducing the New KIP.COM Website<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The KIP America website has been completely redesigned and relaunched with a vibrant new look, new content and significant layout advancements, designed to provide an improved user experience while searching for the perfect wide format print solution. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="contenttextCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The new site provides information about all KIP products and services in addition to software downloads and corporate information. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="contenttextCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="contenttextCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hk4pUddC3xrv47L8AWKs43htCIe2ixREV1WKMVdbfx9w0Avp8O9G1m_4A01O_Ps1I78zEsYVwslIEunnwvaE6l2nVXbFnm_NOy7UlPkURxUYXeF_fpJQ99VCuG9DdF0P7sdPEydhm-je/s1600/NewKIPWeb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hk4pUddC3xrv47L8AWKs43htCIe2ixREV1WKMVdbfx9w0Avp8O9G1m_4A01O_Ps1I78zEsYVwslIEunnwvaE6l2nVXbFnm_NOy7UlPkURxUYXeF_fpJQ99VCuG9DdF0P7sdPEydhm-je/s1600/NewKIPWeb.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In addition to the new public KIP website, a brand new updated design for the KIP Dealer website is in the works and planned for release in early Q1, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="contenttextCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">KIP believes our website is the dynamic face of our business, and as such the KIP website must present a pleasant aesthetic along with ease of navigation. The KIP website is literally an extension of KIP that is used to relay product information and services directly to the consumer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It is our belief that these powerful goals are best obtained by providing maximum information in combination with minimal customer effort. The top priority is not only a marketing site; there is also emphasis on building and retaining customers, reducing our customers costs of doing business and providing virtual training tools.<span id="goog_1483898528"></span><span id="goog_1483898529"></span> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.kip.com/"><b>Click here to try the New KIP website</b></a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-29841857771425472192010-12-03T09:58:00.001-05:002010-12-10T12:43:46.252-05:00KIP Accounting Suite<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.8333px;">Software for Printing, Copying & Scan Tracking and Cost Calculation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep track of what’s happening<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensures accuracy for cost reimbursement<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With KIP Accounting Suite, you can take a significant step to change your document services from costs into profits. By enabling tracking for all printing, copying and scanning jobs, it ensures all work is charged to the appropriate user, department or project. So not only are all costs accounted for, but at the same time, could be used for accurate reimbursement from project owners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Controls access to your KIP wide format systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The software enforces entry of valid account information before the system can be used. So only authorized people are able to print, copy, or scan-to-file. In addition, KIP Accounting Suite provides accurate information on system usage. KIP Accounting Suite is designed specifically for use with KIP America wide format devices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8022412193362033398&postID=2984185777142547219" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8022412193362033398&postID=2984185777142547219" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">KIP Accounting Suite</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> offers easy operation from users’ workstations. Whether they use the Windows Driver, Autocad Driver, KIP Request software, or through the industry leading Web application PrintNet. Users can easily enter their account information and print to KIP devices directly from their workstations, or for copying and scanning, they can enter account and job information at the full color KIP touchscreen interface.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP Accounting Suite</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> fits in with your company’s working procedures, and not the other way round. All accounting fields and values are fully customizable, so you can define them to match your company’s users, departments, and projects. You can also configure system behavior freely by defining authorization and identification requirements, remote access and administration settings and much more.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-71698840184701989722010-11-23T10:09:00.000-05:002010-11-23T10:09:57.767-05:00KIP Systems offer advanced security features, including DoD Secure file shredding, free of charge.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At KIP, security is paramount. As a world leader in the development of digital wide format production technology, KIP is committed to keeping digital information safe and secure. Customers and potential customers should look to KIP as a trusted provider of secure solutions with many standard and optional security features.<br />
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<b>Specific security features on KIP devices include: </b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
<b>Image Overwrite Option</b>: The Image Overwrite security option electronically shreds information stored on the hard disk of devices as part of routine job processing. Electronic erasure can be performed automatically at job completion (Immediate), and Scheduled. The <b>KIP</b> Image Overwrite security process implements a three-pass algorithm originally specified by the <b>U.S. Department of Defense</b>.<br />
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KIP 7.2 Software includes the Department of Defense NISPOM specifications to securely delete (overwrite) all image data after a print, copy or scan job has been completed.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">File Shredding (overwriting) processes and scheduling is configurable using <b>KIP PrintNET</b>.<br />
File Shredding can be configured as follows:<br />
</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After each copy, print or scan job, KIP 7.2 software will remove all remnants of file image data. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Scheduled on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. </span></li>
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Organizations using file shredding software may wish to use both processes. The shredding process time can vary depending on the amount of data or empty hard drive space to be overwritten.<br />
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<b>KIP Standard Accounting</b>: When enabled on KIP devices, this feature monitors all prints, copies, and scans produced and who produces them. Administrators can track activity at a user, group or department level.<br />
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<b>Access Control</b>: Customers that need to restrict access to a device to a limited set of authorized users and operators. KIP production devices include access control features such as:<br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>User Authentication</b>: This feature ensures that only properly authorized users are permitted to use a KIP device. By applying multiple layers of authentication, and customization administrators can control access on one or more levels. </span></div><div><br />
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Project Authentication</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: This feature ensures that only properly authorized users are permitted to use a KIP device. By applying multiple layers of authentication, and customization administrators can control access on one or more levels. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scan/Print Authentication</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Prompt for SMB password. This allows any user to access these resources to either print a document or scan a document to file. In order to secure these resources, IT/IS departments may require a user to type in their password to gain authentication rights to the network resource. IT/IS departments may include a limit of how many times a user can enter the incorrect password thus further locking down security of the system. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Removable Hard Disk Drive Accessory/Kit</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: When the Removable Hard Disk Drive kit is installed, authorized users can quickly, easily remove hard drives, and lock them up. This eliminates the risk of unauthorized access when the device is unattended. Multiple removable hard drives could be implemented allowing secure device sharing between different workgroups or departments. This capability is required by the US Government for management of "Classified" information and highly recommended for commercial customers who print data that is subject to legal regulations (e.g., HIPAA, PCI). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Microsoft Active Directory Services</b>: The Microsoft Active Directory Services (ADS) feature enables, through the KIP accountiing feature, the device to authenticate user accounts against a centralized user account database, instead of exclusively using the user account database that is managed locally at the device </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Network Security</b>: </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP devices also include features to protect the printer from unauthorized remote access and to protect the confidentiality of “data in motion”, specifically customer jobs which are transmitted to the printer over a network. These features include: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>IPSec</b>: Internet Protocol (IP) Security enables the digital front end or printer device to authenticate remote users and requires these users to encrypt the data transmitted using legacy print protocols such as LPR and Port 9100. IPSec is supported by a variety of PC operating systems including all modern versions of Microsoft Windows. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS):</b> The SSL/TLS feature provides protection of customer confidential data transmitted over a network when using the HTTP protocol (e.g., Web Print client). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Network Authentication</b>: Access to device functions (e.g., scan and e-mail) is restricted by validating network user names and passwords prior to use of these functions. </span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-21015913467963212532010-10-20T07:34:00.000-04:002010-10-20T07:34:08.975-04:00NEXT GENERATION OF KIP WIDE FORMAT PRINT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AVAILABLE THROUGH TOSHIBA<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">IRVINE, Calif. (Oct. 19, 2010) </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced the availability of two new decentralized wide format multifunction products (MFPs), aimed at entry level to mid-volume production use. The versatile new KIP 700 and 7100 set new standards for professional quality and performance with sophisticated feature sets previously only available on much more expensive MFPs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“For our dealers and subsidiaries, the low entry level pricing, expanded feature set, simplified installation, extended maintenance cycles, and reduced training needs make these devices key to increasing placements, streamlining technical workflow, and generating greater profitability,” said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;">High Performance and Value<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The KIP 700 and 7100 both deliver fast and accurate printing with 600 x 600 dpi resolution quality, and offer users the ability to print documents from a variety of storage locations directly from the innovative KIP color touch screen. With an easy-to-use screen that clearly guides users through system operations, less training is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For the ultimate in document workflow management, both new KIP devices are fully color-enabled to scan, file and copy to inkjet printers. Additionally KIP Color Advanced provides users with features to optimize color copy, print, and scan workflows while simultaneously reducing costs. For greater convenience and precise control in demanding color environments, KIP Color Advanced may be accessed directly at the KIP touch screen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The web- and PC-based KIP Software Suite provides total administrative control of the copy, print and scan process with unlimited software seat licenses. Meanwhile, integrated cost reporting provides valuable, automated data reports related to past and future printing costs by user, department, project or customer, helping to turn expenses into revenue, and reduce operational costs. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;">Smart Eco<sup>2 </sup>Design<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Both devices are Energy Star<sup>®</sup> qualified, have compact, single footprints, recyclable organic drums and 100 percent toner efficiency with zero waste removal and a high percentage of recyclable parts (97 percent on the KIP 7100.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;">Security<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">KIP 7.2 Software includes the Department of Defense National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) specifications to delete, or overwrite, all image data after a print, copy or scan job has been completed. The software used by the KIP 700 and 7100 ensures that all image data can no longer be accessed using a data recovery device. Both devices also feature network authentication. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;">The Ideal Environments<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The KIP 700 is the perfect solution for placement in low-volume print environments where the high cost of inkjet operation has been favored because of the low capital cost. The print speed, high-quality and expandable production options of the KIP 7100 make it perfect for placement in printing environments where peak demands and timelines for set distribution are critical. Both the KIP 700 and 7100 are ideal for marketing to facilities management, architecture/engineering/construction (AEC), government, manufacturing and utilities markets. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;">About TABS</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) is an independent operating </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 4.3pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company in the world. TABS manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has five divisions: the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering Division; the International Division; and Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of TABS, that operates a network of wholly-owned office equipment dealers throughout the United States. <br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Named the most favored manufacturer ten times by the Business Technology Association (BTA), Toshiba's entire product line, customer support and marketing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">distribution policies are markers for the industry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 4.3pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 4.3pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> For more information on Toshiba products, programs, solutions and services, or to locate an authorized Toshiba representative near you, please visit </span><a href="http://www.copiers.toshiba.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.copiers.toshiba.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-60382198441802417482010-10-12T21:58:00.000-04:002010-10-12T21:58:41.273-04:00KIP Announces the Next Generation of Decentralized Wide Format Multifunction Systems<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP America</span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP has launched two new decentralized multifunction systems, aimed at entry level to mid volume production use. The KIP 700 & 7100 Series systems set new standards for professional quality and performance with sophisticated feature sets previously available in high end multifunction systems.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The new <b>KIP 700 & 7100</b> Series systems deliver incredible value, exceptional performance and superior ease of use. With a highly sophisticated feature set that delivers premier KIP value and performance, the new KIP 700 & 7100 multifunction systems provide individual and workgroup productivity to a new market space," said Rich Gigl, vice president of marketing for KIP.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Features include:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Touchscreen Printing: <b>KIP 700 & 7100</b> systems offer users the ability to print documents from a variety of storage locations directly from the innovative KIP touch screen—eliminating the need for additional PC components.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Superior Print Quality for Professional Results: Using KIP HDP print imaging technology, the KIP 700 & 7100 Systems ensures exceptional quality output—sharp, fine details, smooth grey scales and brilliant renderings of 3-D drawings and intricate graphics.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>KIP 700 & 7100</b> for Today's color workflow: For the ultimate in document workflow management in today's changing market environment, both new KIP systems have been fully color enabled to scan file and copy to inkjet printers. Additionally, KIP Color Advanced provides users with features to optimize color copy, print & scan workflows while simultaneously reducing costs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy-to-Use, Intuitive Interface: The <b>KIP 700 & 7100</b> intuitive color touch control interface makes work easier by guiding users through system operations. Advanced job management software allows users to prioritize workflow and delivers the ability to scan to and print from USB drives at the touchscreen interface.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Optimized Workflow with Innovative Management Software: The web & PC based KIP Software Suite optimizes technical document printing—from desktop job submission to enterprise-wide print management. The KIP Accounting System allocates operational costs by department, project and customer, turning expenses into revenue.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smart Eco2 Design: The energy star qualified <b>KIP 700 & 7100</b> systems provide positive economical and environmental impact with compact single footprint design, recyclable organic drums, 100 percent toner efficiency with Zero waste removal from the systems and a high percentage of recyclable parts.</span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-52366271427068947502010-08-06T09:47:00.000-04:002010-08-06T09:47:22.469-04:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">KIP Hosts a Series of Technology Preview Shows</span></b></em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The shows held in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Novi, MI</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Seattle, WA, Baltimore ,MD, Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, Irvine, CA, and Toronto, Canada, </b>played host to invited dealers and their guests. Visitors were given one on one demonstrations and presentations introducing the entirely new product line up, including the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KIP 9900</b> with its <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Industry Leading Image Quality and Production. The Superior Production Print capability of the <b>KIP 7700</b> and <b>KIP 7900</b> was also highlighted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The industry leading <b>KIP 2300</b> Scanner, with its Maximum Productivity and Versatility was a hit with all attendees. Also a crowd pleaser was the <b>KIP KC80</b>, all guests were able to experience true Full Color Productivity, many of them for the first time, seeing 2000 sq ft per hour near photographic printing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But the real hit of the shows was the introduction of two brand new models, designed for the growing distributed print, small workgroup market. Invited Dealers and guests were introduced to a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">new Entry Level category of LED Multifunction device, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KIP 700m</b>, and were shown why KIP calls it the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Highest Value, Lowest Cost,” </b>multifunction system in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Visitors to the shows were also introduced to the next generation of Mid/Low volume LED Multifunction, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KIP 7100</b> providing the Ultimate in Wide Format LED Single Footprint Performance. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-647665220123058032010-05-28T08:49:00.002-04:002010-07-26T08:53:28.262-04:00KIP America Expands Large-Format Multifunction Line-Up<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP America demonstrated new products on their booth at the IRgA 2010 Convention & Trade Show held at the Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visitors to the booth previewed 2 NEW advanced high performance Multifunction Devices, each designed to address today’s challenging, and transitional economic landscape.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP introduced a new Entry Level category of LED Multifunction device, calling it the “Highest Value, Lowest Cost,” multifunction system in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also debuting at the show was the next generation of Mid/Low volume LED Multifunction, providing the Ultimate in Wide Format LED Single Footprint Performance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expect to see more details of these “Revolutionary” products early in the 3</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> quarter.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05202240366762746633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022412193362033398.post-88604049511786065832010-03-09T09:45:00.000-05:002010-03-09T10:32:44.811-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/S5Zp35XZgZI/AAAAAAAAACo/40PcV-B7jwo/s1600-h/KC80+Logo+RGB.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/S5Zp35XZgZI/AAAAAAAAACo/40PcV-B7jwo/s200/KC80+Logo+RGB.png" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP Color 80 Media Product Release</span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: navy; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March 5, 2010</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new KIP Digital Banner Media (DBM) is a 10 mil, white opaque polyolefin film designed specifically for use in the KIP Color 80. KIP DBM is durable, waterproof fade and tear resistant. It is a micro-porous product that features high print definition and excellent holdout of toner pigment particles. The new KIP Digital Banner Media is compatible with numerous finishing methods and bonds readily and firmly with adhesives, coatings and laminating films. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KIP DBM can be used for a wide variety of indoor and outdoor color applications. Additionally, standard metal grommets can be applied to construct hanging indoor / outdoor banners and signage; the media can be folded, sheeted, die cut, grommet, glued, and sewn. It has excellent chemical and abrasion resistance. KIP<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Digital Banner Media is temperature resistant as low as -70 °C.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: CenturyGothic;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/S5ZeSOHXFlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/dKqrSixV-_U/s1600-h/Digital+Banner+Material2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/S5ZeSOHXFlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/dKqrSixV-_U/s320/Digital+Banner+Material2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_suECJinpyuQ/S5ZeSOHXFlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/dKqrSixV-_U/s1600-h/Digital+Banner+Material2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Main Product Applications:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Indoor / outdoor color Signage, Posters, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Retail Displays.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Indoor / outdoor color Banner.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Roll up Banner stands.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Banners with grommets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Pole pocket and other sewn banners.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Durable signage for vehicles, business &<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">promotional events</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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